Garment-holder.



No.'772,60 1. PATBNTED OCT. 18, 1904'.

J. S. ALEXANDER.

GARMENT HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED 2B3. 16, 1904.

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Patented October 18, 1 904.

PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES S. ALEXANDER, OF BOULDER, COLORADO.

GARMENT-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 772,601, dated October 18, 1904.

Application filed February 16, 1904. Serial No. 193,888. (No model.)

T on whom it may concern:

- Be it known that 1, JAMES S. ALEXANDER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boulder, in the county of Boulder, State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Holders, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

and to aid in This invention has relation more particu? larly to that class of garment-holders commonlyknown as combined skirt and shirtwaist holders, the function of the holder being primarily to hold down the shirt-waist preventing the skirt from sagging.

. The invention has for its object to provide a simple and-effective garment-holder of the character described; and this object of invention is accomplished by the novel features of construction hereinafter described illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and more particularly pointed out in the claimsat the end of this specification. I

Figure 1 1s a perspect ve view illustrating;

the manner in which my improved garmentholder is preferably employed. Fig. 2 is a view in central vertical cross-section, the

parts being shown in open position. Fig. 3 is a view in central vertical cross-section showing the holder in position for use. Fig. 4 is an outerfront view,-the shifting-plate'being shown in section. Fig. 5 is an inner back view. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of the shifting-plate.

A designates'the plate or body portion of my improved garment-holder, this plate or ing the points of the-pin B through the skirtband and then turning the points upward, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, the pin B will lie parallel with the body of the plate A.

The upper portion of the plate A is cut away or perforated, as at a, to permit the pin O to pass therethrough. This pin O is preferably formed with the two prongs c, that project inwardly and downwardly, as clearly shown in the drawings, the points of the prongs 0 being preferably turned inward toward the body or plate A. The pin O is preferably formed with a transverse bar 0, that is engaged by a locking-plate or shifter D, that is pivoted to the body of the holder and serves to draw the pin. C toward the plate or body A after the pin has beenpassed through the shirt-waist or garment to be held thereby. Preferably the cross-bar 0' of the pin (J is pivotally connected to the locking-{ilateor shifter D by being encircled by a reverted flange d of the plateD. As shown, the plate D is provided at its upper portion with pivotpins d, whereby the plate D is pivotally connected to the upper portion of the plate or body A, and preferably these pivot-pins d pass through holes formed in lugs (0 that extend downwardly from the crown or top A of the plate A. The under side of the top or crown A of the plate A is shown as provided with an offset or lug if, the purpose of which is to retain the plate or shifter D in closed position, as will presently more fully appear.

From the foregoing description of parts it will be seen that when my improved holder is to be used for connecting the skirt-band to. the shirt-waist the prongs of the pin B will first be passed from the inside through to the outside of the band S of the skirt and then turned upward parallel with the plate or body A of the holder, as shown in the drawings. The plate D may then be turned downward to locked position, thereby covering the prongs of the pin B and holding themsecurely within the fabric of the skirt-band S. When in this position, the plateD will hold the prongs 0 of the pin'O closely toward or against the inner face of the plate or body A of the garment-holder, so that in putting on the garment these pins are not so exposed as to be in danger of pricking the hands of the wearer. After the skirt has been put on the wearer will turn the plate D upward and outward to the position shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings,

thereby moving the prongs 0 of the pin C away from the body or plate A. The prongs c of the pin C will then be passed through the shirt waist, and the plate D will then be turned downward to locked position, thus causing the prongs a of the pin C to be drawn toward the plate or body A. As the plate D is turned from the open or horizontal position (shown in Fig. 2) to the closed or locked position (shown in Fig. 3) the flange (Z of the plate will pass under the offset or lug (0 upon the under side of the crown A of the plate A, the resiliency of the metal whereof the parts are formed permitting the part (Z of the plate to thus ride under the offset a but when the plate D is thus turned to closed or locked position the offset (6 will serve to prevent the accidental turning of the plate D to the open position.

Preferably the body A and the plate D will be formed of sheet metal cut and bent to the proper shape; but the details of manufacture and as well also the details of construction may be varied within wide limits without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention. what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A garment-holder comprising a body portion provided on one side with an upwardly-extending pin adapted to engage a skirt-band and with a movable plate or part adapted to close over said pin, and provided upon its opposite side with a downwardly-extending pin adapted to engage a shirt-waist, said pin being connected to said movable plate or part.

2. A garment-holder comprising a body portion provided upon one side with an in- Wardly and downwardly extending pin adapted to engage a shirt-waist and provided upon its opposite side with a double-pointed, upwardly-extending pin having a crown, said body portion being provided with a flange encircling said crown and a plate pivoted to the top of said body portion for covering the points of said last-mentioned pin.

3. A garment-holder comprising a perforated plate, a movable pin extending through said plate and means connected to the upper end of said pin and adapted to shift said pin toward said plate.

- 4:. A garment-holder comprising a plate, a movable pin extending through said plate and bent downwardly with respect thereto and a pivoted shifting device whereby said pin may be moved toward said plate.

5. A'garment-holder comprising a plate provided with means whereby it may be connected to a skirt-band and provided with a pin extending downwardly along the inner face of said plate and a pivoted shifting device upon the outer side of said plate whereby said pin may be moved toward said plate.

6. A garment-holder comprising a plate provided at its back with pivot-lugs a shifting-plate pivoted to said lugs and a pin extending through said plate and along its back face, said pin being connected to said shiftingplate.

7. A garment-holder comprising a plate or body having a top provided upon its under side with a lug or offset and provided with pivot-lugs, a shifting-plate pivoted in said pivot-lugs and adapted to be engaged by said lug or offset and a pin extending through said plate or body and connected to said shiftingplate.

8. A garment-holder comprising a plate or body portion provided at one end with a pin pivotally connected thereto and provided at its opposite 'end with a shifting-plate adapted to extend over the free portion of said pin.

9. A garment-holder comprising a plate or body portion provided upon its inner side with a pin adapted to engage a shirt-waist and provided at its lower end with a pin pivotally movable to a position parallel and along the outer face of said plate or body portion and a pivoted plate adjacent the upper edge of said body portion adapted to close over the free portion of said pin.

JAMES S. ALEXANDER.

Witnesses:

GEORGE P. FISHER, J r., ALBERTA ADAMIex. 

